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I************************* LOCAL ITEMS I ************************** I All notice* published in thii column, where revenue U to be derived, will be charged at the rate of 13 cent# a line, (count six word* to a liar)each l«»ue. Special rates will be made on long contract*. —The Mi-sionary Baptist Union will be held next Suuday at Oak City. Roy Gur'ganus is suffering with fever at the residence of his father on Main street. 5 or 6 doses !'6oo'' will cure any case of Chills and Fever. Price 25c. —Cirp have been 011 the market this week in abundance. The de mand for them is fairly good. —Notice the changes in the ads 1 of the Farmers Merchants Bank and Frank F. Fag in,life insurance, j Rf.id lhe ad of J. L. O'Quinn & Co. in these columns, and when > - in reed of anything in their line j send them your orders. * —A • boat load of melon was ! brought here from Chowan County Tuesday. They were of good j flivot and sold at twentv-five cents each. 5 or 6 doses '•>>(>" will cure 1 any of Chills and Pevir. j Price 25c. Dr. John I>. B:ggs is tlie pos- j ses-sor of a skin, which covtred bruiu the pig eater, who and died in Griffins Township. Tlie j skin will he used for a buggy robe. —Elder Sylvester Hassell has re- , turned from bis annual outing 011 the beach at Nags Head aiul is much improved. During his ah-1 stuce Frank S. Hassell attendtd lo| bis correspondence which is vol- j umnious. —Good Engine and Boiler,! mounted ready for use, for sale. — 1 Joshua L Coltrain, R. F. I) 4, | WiHiamston, N. C. 715 —The Wj-ndsor Dramatic Club, • which intended piesenting "Leah, j the Forsaken," could not make the date on Tuesday night. The cast nuiiiTßerS twenty-one ancT is uiicler j the management of Mrs. F. D. Winston. LOST Tan pocket book about five inches long between my home and Watts&Co.stables,s3s in currency and J. L. Has>ell 6c Co's note for SSOO made payable to R. N. Griffin. Finder will return same to R. N. Griffin and receive reward. —The weekly outing of the' Cue Club was at the residence of M. W. : Ballard Thursday. There were plenty of good things for the inner man and Mr. Ballard, who is an ideal host, contributed much to the comfort and pleasure of the entire P ar,v .'. , Mrs. C. \V. Keith entertained at the Atlantic Hotel Mondayev.ll ing in honor of tMisses Ethel Skin ner and Marv Shelburu, of Green-1 vi'le Ouite a number were present * and participated in the melon feast, which was greatly enjoyed by all. Progressive conversation, itstru. ! mental.and vocal music were in dulged in until a late hour, when all departed praising Mrs. Keith as a charming and delightful hostess —The Loyal Sons and Daugh ters of the Disciple Church held their annual picnic Wednesday at ► * Staton's mill, Quite a number went out on wagons and spent a most delightful day. C A. Baker, who is a prominent member of the society, added.greatlv to the pleas ure of the party by his thoughtful t arrangement of all things good and necessary. The society has been recently orgaiiiz-ed and its members are Very enthusiastic. There is Strength - .in Cr 'tnWr>ntir>n«, and tfie Mronnest pos sible combination is a,.Kood painter and Tbi» Co agination cannot be beaten, not try it ? k "For Sale by W. H. William*, Wyiiamston, N. C." %¥¥¥¥*******¥¥¥***¥**¥¥¥¥% ;j| PERSONAL BRIEFS J s************************* , F. W. Ho>t returned from Beau fort Tuesday. J. W. Watts. Jr., went to Ocean View Monday. Rev." Mr. Gordon went to Green ville Wednesday. J. L. Davenport, was here from Jamesville Tuesday. Maurice Watts is at honle after j a visit to Ocean View. Miss "Blanche Mizell is visiting ' relatives in Smithfield. 1 The Misses Spruill, of Roper, ark visiting friends heie j Augustus Harrison was here Wednesday from Palmyra.. Mi-s Louise .Fowden returned from Robeisonville Monday. 1 Miss Penuie Biggs went to Wash ington Thursday afternoon. Misses Anna Beth and Susie Pur vis were here last Wednesday. George Howard Kent is visiting 'his father at O) ster Point, Va. Miss Florence Hornthal, of Ply month, is visiting relatives in town. Miss Roi-a Baker, of Hamilton, ! is the guest of Miss Emma Grifham. Mrs. Stewart Bailey and son, of ! Everett, visited 111 town this week. Dr. J. S. Rhodes and John L. ' Hassell aie in Atlantic City this j week. Miss Hannah Vic Fowden is vis iting the Mioses Purvis near Ham ilton. Mrs. C. L. Ellington returned Tuesday from Nortolk and Ocean View. Mrs. James Perry and children returned from Roanoke Rapids Tuesday. Mrs. Little and children, of Pic tolus, are the guests of Mrs. W. T E. Warien. Mrs. Hannah Ray and daughter, Dellia, went to Norfolk Wednesday for a _ _ _ „ Miss Will Sherer, ot Blacksbnrg, S. C., is visitiug her sister, Mrs. Louis G. Harrison. .Misses Mary Shelburu and Ethel Skinner, of Greenville, are the guests of Mrs. J. W. Watts. Miss Hattie Burroughs and sis ter, Mrs. Outterbridge, ot Scotland Neck, were in town Tflfhrsday. H. H. Pope, Ed James, Robert Grimes and Jack Biggs, of Rober souville, were in town Wednesday. Misses Carrie and Mildred Alex ander, of Elizabeth City, are the guests of Mrs. C. D. Carstarpben. Mrs L. B. Harrison and chil dren, accompanied by Mrs. L. C Harrison, spent Thursday in Tar bo t*o. / W. J- and Mrs v Hodges with i Master William and Mrs. C. W. Keith, went to Ocean View Thurs day. Mr. aud Mrs. John D. Simpson j left Wednesday for Beaufort aud j Morehead, where they will spend several weeks. Play from Windsor v The date decided upon for the play from Windsor "Leah, the Forsaken," is Wednesday night, August 10th. Nothing more need be said byway of advertisement, than that it is under the expert management of Mrs. Francis D. Winston and is to be given for the benefit of our graded school. Choice Cut Flowers t Write, 'phone or wire j ; > vu 4 J. L. O'Quhin & Co. RALEIGH, N. C. Your wants as they are headquar ters for everything In the Florist's line. 'Phone 149 iifliliiiifriii iti r r'r "ni n y A Boating Story In Which a T There I* a Myttery, ' S - ? By KINGSBURY S Y Opyrlght. 1910. by American Prefrti J 0 Association, C J OK>-o—O-O - O—OO—O—O—O—O-O-C We were sitting In a room above r wbere tlie boats were kept, in eun.\ choirs, all university wen. talkliu about boating incidents, oarsmen MIX! the paraphernalia for rowing. The nil was thick with tobacco smoke, prim i > j pally from pipes, the studeuls" farori;. j smoke. We had met to talk over prep g i aratlons for the coming season, wblcli was soon to begin. Having fliiiMieu that subject, we dropfied, as 1 ha v. 1 said, into general chat on aijuatlc sub Jects ai.d froui this Inlo stories of feats thai had been performed at coal est s * on the water la days gone by. A col lege, being a constantly changing com munlty. Is not a good place for banding - down legends, but occasionally a grad uate will return to toll of some episode that happened In his day and was ui j the time the talk of the Institution. We had with us on this occasion a man who had dropped In unannounced . remarking that he was a graduate or the college'of ten years' standing and had in lit* day been a member of tlu unlrersit.v,crew. He must have been graduated very young, for he looked scarcely thirty. A cast or som? Ini|iei j- fection In his eye gave him an /(incamis look, and from the moment of his up pea ranee lie was a damper on out" s'plr It* "These old men." whispered Tom > kins, a sophomore, to me, "who were in college before the flood are a nul §ance. They're always trying to feet that they are In their teens again, and they only succeed in making u> feel as old as they are-" "Did you ever pull In a regatta?" i I asked the alumnus. "Yes," was the reply. "1 pulled in i one." "What year was that?" I Inquired. "It's not a pleasifnt subject to talk i about; we lost the race." . "To what did you* a (tribute the fall lire?" asked one of our number. "Then Is always a reason for every beating II crew gets. One time It Is the stroke, a not her the training, another the cock swain." "i was the cause of the failure on that occasion," replied the strnnger. Never w:ere words spoken In a more melancholy tone. There was not u man In the party who did not take lilh pipe trot-of Ills iinilllM. Ill' IllH ejPW Uli ' the speaker and feel a cold chill pass over hltn. The stranger contluued: "We had been beaten by our ureai rival in two successive seasons, and for this regatta had made every prepa I ration, taken every precaution to se ; cure a triumph. We had the' best coach the country afforded, a new boai made on the most approved model, out system of trtilning was perfect and oui practice constant. The betting begai. at 3 to 2 oti our crew, and before the race was on there were no takers at 2 to 1. "The day of the race was beautiful not a cloud In the sky: Just enough breeze with plenty of ozone in It foi invlgoration. When the hour for th race came the temperature was t}ult» , hot enough to limber our Joints am: muscles. "The scene along the river banks wa.- entraucing. The bright colors of tin girls' dresses and parasols made a pei feet flower garden, while on the rivet boats bearing both girls and boys wen shooting back and forth like watoi sprites. "When we went out on the floailnt platform to get into the boat there wn a mighty cheer from our backers thai 1 can hear to this day. Babcock wa- No. 1. Ayer 2, Hosworth I Willmarth 5. Frost 0. Mayo 7." i "Singular." remarked oue of us. "thai i you should remember their uames s welt." 1 "1 shall never forget them " "You left out the stroke." | said. "1 was the stroke." Why it was that none of us could muster pluck to ask the man his uanu I dou't know. We all -wished to know it, but not a man chirped. "We stepped Into the boat," eotitlti i ued the stranger, "stripped to tin waist. Eight good men with not a . pound of fat OH any of us and In nil other respects In perfect condition. -1 , had for months been absorbed in what I had now couie. For It my studies bad been neglected, aud I would have t ' 'bone' all summer to make up 'condi '■ tlons.' Hut I cared nothing for that My whole soul was merged in the Idea of beating our opponents. "We pulled into positfoWTthe shoi was fired, and we made a good star:, on the first trial, our bont half r length behind over the line. But w« made this up within a uilniKe and were soon half a length ahead. I heard none of the wild cheers. I sa\\ neither the boat, the water nor the « shore dotted with waving handkei ' chiefs. I was conscious only of tin mighty effort I was - making to ge ' the boat over the course. Once onl.' I saw drops of water tossed Into tii air when the oar blade of one of our opponents struck the surface Instead of sinking to Its proper depth. 1 not conscious of thK nad it not been that suph splashln;- would retard the other boat. "We gained steadily, turning th • stake boat—it was that kind of n s course—two langtbs ahead. As -we began to pull back down the course, feeling rare of winning, I was con | ' . i ... - ... ... ,_> fc "3^ •clous of the wild cheering and wav ing. It may be that we all somewhat relaxed at this time. At any rate, our opponents, having turned the stake boat behind us, made a spurt and over hauled us. Then down again we got to work and had gained three length* —quite enough considering there was but a quarter of ill mile remaining— to give us the race, when"— The narrator stopped, a pallor came over his face, and he gasped.' Several of us started toward him. but he waved u back. "something In me gave way. I fell over Into the arms of No. 7. Our com petltors shot by us and won the race" 1 have never ex|»erienced sut J h a de pressing. not to say thrilling, sensation as when the narrative eii(!ed. While the narrator was describing the race It seemed as If I could see the boats dashl/ig onward and hear the cheering. When he sjtoke of the disaster som* how my Imagination pictured blootl spouting from his mouth and nose. Not a man among us:but appeared to be similarly shocked. ■ "Come." said one of our number. "let's adjourn tt> the and get some supper." "Agreed!" cried the rest, glad to break the spell and eager for some thing to brace us after listening to the weird narrative. We went out into the darkness, the stranger with us. When we reached the -i — some one asked. "Where's Mr -Mr. Stroke*' "Don't know," replied one behind "1 thought he was ahead with you fel •lows." Every one thought he was with some one else. Mr. Stroke, as we called him. h*l evi dently taken iftlvaiitage of the dark ness to' steal away unobserved. We were quite relieved at his doing so The effect of tils story was. to saw'the least, depressing, and we were to get rid of him. We ordered some supper and while waiting for It talked about hltn. wondering who he could have been and what race It wrts that lie had lost ft»r his crew. Since tie li.nl lint given lis his name, we did not feel that we possessed sufficient data upon which to t|iake Inquiries. As the season advanced we forgot ail about Mr. Stroke and ids story. I was much Interested in the coming re gatta and the preparations for It. though l was uot a member ot the university crew. Our college had been doing bad work at boating for a long period. In ten years I think we had betiten our principal adversary but twice. This year we hoped for and ex pected better thlugs. All weut well till the day of the race, when one of the crew fell suddenly ill and could not hnv. Uufortunately all the avail able material had been utilized. There were substitutes galore, but the man u-Imi tnul -rirormetl out was ODft of \ lie j two most Important men of the crew. To put any oue In Ills place would be to surely lose the race. A few , minutes before the crews went out lo the water I asked about the substitute and was told that a freshman was to row. I could uot learn how or why he bad been choseu. but, wishing to have a look at him. I went down ou to the float. The men were getting Into the boat. The sub stltute's face was familiar to me, but I could not tell wbere 1 had seen him Then suddenly It rushed upon uie that be was the man we bad called Mr Stroke Had a freshman been smart enough to sell us all out as a graduate of ten years' standing with a marvelous story . of which he was the central figure? I took a position where I could see the race all the way and had with me n powerful fleldglass. Our crew took the lead almost Immediately after the start. I noticed when the crew got Into the boat the substitute took the place of No. 0. All through the race 1 could see that, while he did uot appear to be mating a herculean effort, he was d > ln®plendld work. Our crew kept the iSd they had taken, gradually bill slowly drawing away from their com petitors. From a length It gi'ew to two lengths, then three lengths, and at the finish the race was won by five and a half lengths. Never had we been beaten by such odds. I the crew as to how it happened, for our adversaries had made better time than ever before, and was told that it was all on account ot the substitute. Every time he put Ills onr iu the water the boat seemed to move forward whether the rest of the crew exerted themselves or not. I>became Interested In the fresbnian substitute. Determined to find Aut more about him. I made inquiries Bui It was at the close of the term, with the summer'vacation ahead, and 1 dls covered nothing. Returning In the au tumn, I looked for him among the sophomores. He was not to be found Some said he bad not returned to col lege. The singular feature of the cast was that I couldn't learn his name. I went to the man who was responsible for his acceptance on the crew an! found him disposed to hush the matter up. He admitted to me tbnt the pro ceeding bad been Irregular, that the substitute hud come to him at the last minute, begged hard to -be accepted aud promised to win the rnce If allow ed to pull. My Informant said tbat Ii had acted hastily, taklug the man's own representation that he was lu cot lege. Of course where there are sev eral thousand undergraduates one I not expected to know them all. It now occurred to me to examine the college record of the man we had dubbed Mr. Stroke. I went to the rep later and made Inquiries about the race In which he had figured. The records mentioned the uames of the crew he bad given. Ms own being Chtmplin. "That race." said my informant, ••was lost by Champlln's breaking a 1 blood vessel and dying In the boat" a ' V v ; The Best Book , , .. _ . + . . , S *V. A • : A man can have in his pocket, the Bible"Salone excepted, is a bank # book. The plot is absorbing and the reader's interest increases at the rate of four per cent. Call at our bank today and get next. The chtck system is suited to all kinds of business aud will assist 30U in holding onto the dollars. You can be saving and uot be a miser. Economy encourages all the better elements of manhood. It is easy to economize with your money in a bank where you do not ste it. If it jingles in your pocket there is a temptation to t-pend it. We will harness it up and put it to work earning interest for you. It ia possi ble you have never felt the absolute necessity of having a bank account. You might drift along and prosper without one, but it is much easier to forge to the fiont in a financial way if you have oue of ou/neat little bank books ib your pocket. Do you know of a single prosperous man who does not carry one? You are glad to follow the example of the wise aud prudent men in ofher respects, why not this? Call today, make a small deposit as a starter and you will step a little higher as you to your family with a bank book in your pocket. Try it I just once. * ' Farmers & Merchants Bank WILLIAMSTON, N. C; JOHN D. BIGGS, President FRANK F. FAjGAN, Cashier C. D. CARSTARI'HHN, Vice President L H. HARRISON, Asst. Cashier Notice! .1 A Convention of the Republicans of Martin Coun ty is hereby called to meet at the Court House in Williamston, N. C., on Tuesday, August 2, 1910 at 12 o'clock M.; for the purpose of selecting delegates to the State, Congressional, Judical and Senatoral Con ventions and transacting such other business as may come before it. The Republican voters of the Conn ty will assemble at their respective polling places on Monday, August 1, 1910, at 12 o'clock M. and send delegates to said Copygntinn.y _J. _ - By order of the Republican Executive Committee of Martin County, July 16, 1910. C. C. FAGAN, WHEELER MARTIN, Secretary. Chairman. M. I. BROWN & CO. Successors to BROWN & HODGES Fancy and Staple Groceries * Let Us Supply Your Table Wants Our stock is complete Free delivery within corporate limits 'Phone us your orders ' '•••* . \ Wrijte for Facts and Comparative Figures J . 0 : ' ' '• We won't annoy you with solicitation. We'll put the facts before you just ouce. They are convinc ing. They have to do with net cost of policies. Union Cen tra! policies cost le?s than any others. * \ UNION CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. FRANK F. FAGAN, - Local AGENT, - WILLIAMSTON, N. C. BINGHAM HI BMOHAM SCHOOL, iahnllh. It. C.. bu «nr*Kd Bora to h. (or IIT TUBS. IdwHy | CrUnA, l«»tod ca lb. A ah. flit. Pl.t.*., • mil., from eitj OtkolbUod MILITARY fbr DISCIPLINE. SCHOOL COSTHOL ud Carriage. lo;a U|4M Ira oDw Nboola ulmalni TbWaa koya noond • TBI ID In wb.n dlacoTartd. H>A| ilwlulalr iuldM. 1793 1810 Mdiaw cou >. anwam »«*.. ■»» n J. '• - East Carolina Teachers' Training School «£ , : • • - A state school organized and maintained for one definite purpose:—Training young women for teaching. The regular session opeus Tuesday, September 13, ISIO. —-For catalogue and information,- address Robt. H. Wright, President, Greenville, N. C '■'/ ' . -
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